Top 12 Articles for 2011
In honor of the soon to come 2012, here is my list of Top 12 Articles of 2011. (See list of Top 11 Article of…
Elite Status
Planning your Airline Miles for 2012 – Part II
In Part I of this post I went over the process I use and recommend for planning out an year of earning and maximizing Airline…
Last Call for 2011 – Link your United and Continental Accounts
If you have earned status miles (EQM) in 2011 in both your United and Continental accounts, you need to act fast and link the two…
Planning your Airline Miles for 2012
That gives me some great benefits, such as free unlimited domestic upgrades, Exit row seats when I do not get upgraded, automatic Economy+ for when I don’t get the exit row, free checked bags and most importantly, Star Gold level on Star Alliance, for all my non-United travel. … My Balance: 50,970 – 5,000 = 45,970 Make a list of all other sources that earn you miles and see how many will come in for sure.
Redemptions in coach make sense, at least to me!
There is a huge debate going on in the travel blogosphere about the value of miles. I don’t want to incite it further but am…
Missed opportunities
These come for me in two favors: one where I never even knew I could have earned extra miles (or extra EQM) till it was too late and second where I did what I needed to do to earn the miles, but the miles never posted and I lost track, till it was too late. … I use a spreadsheet to track all activity that has taken place which I think should earn miles – eating out, filling out surveys, customer service events, signing up for promos, etc.
My Interview on Million Mile Secrets
Daraius Dubash writes the Airline Mile blog Million Mile Secrets where he shares his secrets of how he has earned and redeemed Millions of Miles….
AirTran-Southwest get closer
After my last post about two divorces – Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries & Continental and Amtrak, I am happy to provide good news about…
Our 200th post!
This is our 200th post! I was hoping to make this some sensational story that will rock the Airline Miles world, but no such luck……
Update on Mileage Plus partner accrual on LH and LX
I had reported earlier that United (UA) has quietly changed the EQM (Elite Qualifying Miles) and RDM (Redeemable Miles) earning policy on partners like Lufthansa…
